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Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... economic morass by buying their wares. Good news in Portugal too. The political uncertainty there is looking more certain. And Greece...it's secured a,-6.8 billion from the troika (yeah sure, like they won't and risk re-starting the crisis again). However ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... This prompted speculation of more resignations by government ministers that could derail Lisbon's recovery. There's also Greece - it might not get the next tranche of its bailout worth a,-8.1 billion. The IMF/EU/ECB troika has given Athens three days ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... received a negative lead from overseas markets overnight, with reports of further tension between the European Union and Greece over the country's bailout funding, and concerns about the impact of the Egyptian uprising. There were also further signs ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... over the eurozone, as Portugal's foreign minister resigned in the wake of the finance minister, and after a report that Greece's bailout lenders, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank, had given Athens three ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... - a time when news just hit cyberspace that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) threatened to suspend aid payments to Greece and Cyprus requesting to renegotiate the terms of its bailout. Oh em gee! We're really in trouble now Virginia. We're about ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... 1.5 points), Spain (up 0.1 point) and Portugal (up 1.8 points). To top this all, sentiment climbed to a five-year high in Greece -- that country most thought would part ways with the euro not so long ago. Sure, we can put this down to last September's ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... concerns. According to Singer, the major players in the eurozone game are the European Central Bank, Germany, France, Italy, Greece and Spain. Up until recently Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy represented the austerity coalition, pursuing their own ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... working! Just look at the drop in yields investors demand to lend to those big deficit and highly indebted sovereign members. Greece 10-year bond yields are now down to single digits. Investors now want just want 8.25% to purchase its debt - down from ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... 12-month borrowing costs hitting 3-year lows at last night's auction and...wait for it, Fitch upgrading (yes, upgrade) Greece's sovereign debt rating to B- from CCC. But back to the budget and financial markets. Australian bonds didn't show much care ...